Friday, March 23, 2012

tool #9 Incorporating classroom-based devices as tools for learning.

Why do you think it is important to tie the technology to the objective?

It
wouldn't be teaching if we didn't tie whatever tool we are using to the
objective. If we don't tie the technology to the objective we run the
risk of the students loosing the connection we are trying so hard to
make.

2. Why should we hold students accountable for the stations/centers?

Students being held accountable helps them stay on task. Without guidelines

set it would be had to keep students focused on their particular station.

3. Visit 2 of the applicable links to interactive websites for your content/grade level. Which

sites did you like. How could you use them as stations? How can you hold the students

4.List
two to three apps you found for the iPod Touch/iPad that you can use in
your classroom. What do you see that station looking like? How can you
hold the students accountable for their time in these stations?

There are so many that I would love to use right away. But if I had to choose two I would

select Heat
Index and WunderMap. These two apps are perfect for helping athletic
training students actively monitor the weather while making the direct
correlation of how it relates to outdoor sports and heat related
illness. We would perform mock stations using iPad2’s and net books. We
would have four stations (recognizing signs and symptoms of heat
related illness, preventing heat related illness, SBISD HEAT Policy
Guidelines and Weather Monitoring) Each station would have a
accountability list on what has to be performed. Once these skills are
mastered in a mock session we would then take them to an official
outdoor sports practice utilizing the skills they learned in the mock
session. This project would be repeated several times in the fall during
the critical days of heat and repeated in the spring when the cold
policies would likely be implemented.

5.What about other ways to use the iPod Touch/iPad? Share another way you can see your students using the device as a station.

The
possibilities are endless when it comes to using these devices from
instruction. They can be used to track injury trends, prevention,
documenting cases of infectious disease such as MRSA. The iPad2’s also
have camera’s so pictures could be taking of an injury to record
progression or regression.